Roll of Honor
Incident
City Marshal Donald Smiley was struck and killed while trying to wake up the driver of a stalled pick-up truck. As he stood beside the truck, a tractor-trailer nicked the left rear of the officer's car, which was behind the pick-up with his emergency lights on. The truck slid along the patrol car and the pick-up, striking Marshal Smiley and throwing him into the eastbound lane of Highway 54. As the tractor-trailer's driver was parking his rig, an eastbound vehicle ran over Marshal Smiley but continued on. Marshal Smiley died minutes later. The pick-up driver was cited for driving under the influence. The tractor-trailer driver was cited for failure to control his speed. The second vehicle and driver were never located. Marshal Smiley was a United States Army Korean War veteran and was the sole law enforcement officer in the city of Texhoma.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, six daughters, three sons, and 13 grandchildren.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
City Marshal Smiley served with the Texhoma Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Texhoma community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Donald W. Smiley served in the Army (1952â1954) before joining law enforcement.
City Marshal Donald W. Smiley is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In OK, 135 of 582 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 23.2% of this state's fallen. That is 7.8 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Texhoma Police Dept., 1 of 3 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Donald W. Smiley's cause is highlighted.
How Donald W. Smiley Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Donald W. Smiley is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
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